Now that the papers have been submitted to the emperor for reading, the rankings can be determined and released only after the papers are issued.
However, Fan Zhen and Wang Chou still dispute the ranking of this volume.
But now we have put it aside for the time being and will wait until the emperor’s will comes.
Now Wang Gui walked around in the capital hall after drinking tea.
The Huayang Wang family has been a family of officials for generations, and Wang Gui has already been admitted to the imperial examination for the fourth generation. At that time, Wang Anshi was originally the number one scholar, and he was the second. However, Wang Anshi wrote a sentence "Every child has his own friends", which made the officials displeased and was finally dismissed.
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Therefore, Wang Gui, who was supposed to be second in the list, was the number one scholar, but Song Renzong said, "I don't want a noble man to precede the poorest men in the world", and there was a story in the Song Dynasty that "officials do not win the number one scholar", so Wang Gui, who has been an official for generations, was not replaced.
Wang Anshi became the number one scholar.
After four years of working abroad, he took up the post of librarian.
In the Song Dynasty, if there was a prime minister who was in short supply, he would be chosen from the two systems. Those who were appointed by the two systems would have to adopt the custom of the central palace and the pavilion. Therefore, the pavilion and pavilion were a place for supporting each other and nurturing talents.
Having been in a family of officials for many years, Wang Gui was most familiar with official matters. Wang Gui suddenly stood out among the officials, and his official career was far smoother than that of Wang Anshi, who was born in the same year.
He then served as a Hanlin scholar and drafted imperial edicts for the emperor.
Wang Gui has been a scholar of the Hanlin Academy for many years. He regarded Cao's edicts as the most appropriate and most appreciated by the emperor, so he was known as a generous writer.
The first reason for this is that Wang Gui wrote well and his parallel prose was excellent, and he was unanimously praised by the officials.
In addition, Wang Gui himself is also good at understanding the emperor's thoughts. Figuring out the emperor's will is an essential skill for every minister who is close to the emperor.
Wang Gui is an expert in this and has always been cautious. This time he shoulders the responsibility of knowing the tribute.
In another time and space history, Renzong accepted Han Qi's suggestion to establish a crown prince. After Han Qi went out, he told Wang Gui to draft an imperial edict.
The next day Wang Gui went to see Renzong again and said that some people said that the Prime Minister forced the emperor to establish a heir apparent. I want to hear your opinion personally.
Wang Gui returned to Cao Zhao after receiving Renzong's confirmation.
This incident was praised by Ouyang Xiu as a true scholar.
At this time, someone said outside: "Someone is coming to the palace."
Immediately, Wang Gui's spirit was shaken, and he immediately ordered someone to call Fan Zhen, and Wang Chou and Official Sheng Ding came to greet the palace envoy.
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After the palace envoys left, Wang Gui, Fan Zhen, Wang Chou and other official officials all looked happy and were grateful for the emperor's great kindness.
The palace envoy had nothing to say except that the officials were very satisfied with their review.
With nothing else to say, Wang Gui and the other examiners were deeply moved by the emperor's benevolence.
What is the word "benevolence"? It means to restrain oneself and return to propriety.
There are things that you can do but don’t do, that is self-denial and restoration of propriety.
As the emperor, as the Supreme Being, he should restrain his desire for unlimited power and not do whatever he wants, so he should have the word "self-denial".
It is not enough to deny oneself, one must also be able to restore etiquette.
The emperor does not interfere with his own will, which is to delegate power to others and respect the examiner's choice.
The papers for the provincial examinations have been returned to the capital from the imperial court, and they should be ranked among the top ten. Since the emperor does not evaluate the ranking of the papers, it is up to the examiner to decide.
Fan Zhen had another dispute with Wang Chou over the ranking of the provincial examination papers.
Wang Gui is also aware of this.
Fan Zhen was stubborn, Wang Chou persisted, and they were evenly matched.
Wang Gui has always been unwilling to help each other and has reserved his final attitude towards this. But the results will be released tomorrow, and now he has to make his final decision.
Yesterday when the servants went to the tribute courtyard to bring them a change of clothes, Wang Gui inquired about a piece of news, that is, You Si Jian Zhao Peng had once entered the palace to see the emperor. This was the only person the emperor saw before the imperial scroll was issued.
Wang Gui has always paid attention to the emperor's every move, and he can figure out his preferences for people and things.
So can I get a glimpse of the emperor's thoughts from Zhao Peng's mouth?
Wang Gui knew that this was absolutely impossible. As an important minister, Zhao Pian knew the rules and could not leak the conversation with the emperor to others.
So where did Wang Gui get the idea?
Now when I look at this ten copies of the paper submitted to the Imperial Examination, what comes to my mind?
He took the paper back and put it in his hand to look at it carefully.
When he turned to a paper, Wang Gui saw nothing different after reading it for the first time, so he put the paper aside.
Wang Gui was already a little tired. He immediately rubbed his eyes, took a blanket, and leaned on the high-backed chair to take a nap.
When Wang Gui woke up, he saw that the candles were about to be unfurled. He thought he had slept until nightfall, but when he glanced out the window, he saw that the sky was still bright.
When Wang Gui's eyes returned to the desk, he didn't know when a butterfly flew out of the window and rested lightly on the scroll.
“Did Zhuang Zhou dream of butterflies?”
Wang Gui smiled slightly and felt that there was a certain artistic conception here. Normally he would like to write a poem, but today he was not in the mood.
Wang Gui didn't notice anything strange, and waved his hand to drive the butterfly away. Unexpectedly, the butterfly went away and came back, and landed on the scroll several times.
The officials on the side were about to step forward to help Wang Gui drive away the butterflies, but were blocked by Wang Gui.
Wang Gui saw that the butterfly had stopped on the same paper several times, and it was always on the name of the examinee in this paper.
Wang Gui couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this scene. Could it be that God wanted me to take this scroll?
Wang Gui calmed down, but when he saw that the officials on the left and right had also seen this scene, they almost burned incense and took a bath. We often heard about such things in the examination hall, but now we saw it with our own eyes.
Wang Gui thought about it for a while, sat down again and read the paper carefully.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to him. He saw something strange next to the candidate's name. So he carefully tapped it with his finger, then put his finger on the tip of his tongue and licked it.
“This looks like nectar glutinous rice soup...”
Wang Gui was shocked when he thought of this.
The paper he submitted to the Emperor's Imperial Examination before was the examinee's ink paper. It was not a transcribed paper, and it was a paper with names removed.
Because this anonymity is only for the examiner, but also for the emperor, who are you guarding against? This is disrespectful. Therefore, the name must be removed and submitted to the imperial examination.
The seal is pasted at the seam between the family shape and the test paper, which is equivalent to covering up half of the page. Moreover, the paste used for pasting is a mixture of white flour and rice soup, which is generally very light.
On the other hand, in this volume, it seems that only a small part of the name and family status have traces of honey glutinous rice soup.
This honey glutinous rice soup is a royal treat in the palace.
So it’s obvious...there is only one truth.
Wang Gui stroked his beard and smiled, it was really God’s will!
Thinking of this, Wang Gui turned around and said, "Let's have a few examiners come to the capital hall to discuss the results."
Outside the collection room in the Prime Minister's country, many scribes came early in the morning.
Among these scribes, there are both decrepit old men and frail young men, and most of them are middle-aged men in their prime.
At this moment they are all talking outside the room.
“Why isn’t this door open?”
“Wait a minute, I can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry.”
"It turns out that a seal stone in this Zhai is worth ten guan, but you have to wait for three to five months before you can get it. I'm telling you, but I don't know why the Zhai refuses to add more seals, even if it is increased to 12 guan. Fifteen guans can't move him, and the owner of the restaurant is a man who is not short of money."
“How can things of gold and silver move people? Last time I came to the door with a rubbing from a family heirloom, and the other party just agreed.”
The other party slapped his legs and said, "If I had known this, I would have given it a try."
"I heard that the people who asked for seals in this fast had to wait until half a year later, but things are getting better now. I don't know why the master's temperament changed so much that he suddenly cleared all the seals that had been waiting for half a year. Now I am here again, and see See if you can help my nephew get a lead chapter."
"I have to say that his seal cutting is really good, and it is printed with a book. I can't afford a seal, but buying a few sets of his seal characters and trying to figure them out will be of great benefit."
"I think the seal is better. I have seen the rubbings of the seal carved by the chief of the post. It is really wide enough to move a horse and dense enough to hide a needle. It is really the work of a great craftsman, but there is no trace of craftsmanship."
“If you say so, what chapter do you ask the Lord to engrave?”
“Engraved a free seal, written on it with the numbers of the people of Liba, and used it on the calligraphy and paintings collected over the years.”
“What a humble man.”
“Laugh at the sight of laughter.”
“I don’t know who Master Zhai studied under? When I asked him, he refused to tell me directly. With his current ability, he is still afraid of humiliating the teacher?”
Zhang Yue and Tang Jiu were sitting in the room at the moment, Tang Jiu was drinking wine, and Zhang Yue was yawning.
The waiter looked at the guests outside the door and couldn't help but said: "My boss, my boss, look at how many people come here to ask you to carve a seal."
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yue's interest waned. Ever since Wu Anshi learned that he failed in the provincial examination, Zhang Yue had no intention of studying and came to the collection room to carve seals to pass the frustration in the examination room.
Unexpectedly, what was lost was gained by chance. In one breath, I cleared the backlog of orders that had accumulated in the store for half a year, but I did not expect that more people would come...
Looking at this scene, Zhang Yue thought that if he failed in the imperial examination, he could make a living by relying on this craftsmanship in the future, and maybe he could make a prosperous life in Bianjing.
“Is the boss open?”
Zhang Yue looked at so many people and suddenly said, "Wait a minute, let me finish this steamed bun."
Zhang Yue finished his work and finally opened the restaurant for business. Many people poured in immediately.
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During this period, the waiters were waiting for the guests. Zhang Yue was still free when a guest came in.
Zhang Yue saw that the other party was the old governor of Zhang Yu's house.
Zhang Yue suddenly lost his mood after seeing him.
Laodu Guan cupped his fists and said, "I've met Mr. Sanlang."
“I care about politeness, what’s the important thing?”
The old man smiled and said: "The day after tomorrow is Master Lang's birthday, Master Master would like to invite Mr. Sanlang to come over and have a birthday wine."
“Want to drink?” Zhang Yue pondered.
The old man said with a smile: "Yes, please thank Mr. Sanlang for the honor no matter what. Otherwise, I will not be able to explain to Mr. Lang when I go back."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "I don't know if anything will happen at that time. If I have time to go, please go back and tell my uncle."
Seeing Zhang Yue's tone, the old governor would probably not force a smile and said: "Young Master Sanlang, I don't know that my wife was very ill before the winter. Mrs. Kaichun only came back slowly. Master Lang also wanted to use this birthday banquet to support his wife." Joyful."
“My wife treats Mr. Sanlang very well on weekdays. Mr. Sanlang must go this time.”
Zhang Yue glanced at Lao Duguan and said: "I know. If Lao Duguan has nothing else to do, please come back. As you can see, I am quite busy and have no time to greet you."
Lao Duan saw Zhang Yue, and he couldn't help but be in his heart. Today, Zhang Yue is not the beginning of the beginning of the first time, and he can let himself be a teenager.
So the old man took care of himself and said with a smile: "Sanlang Jun, you are busy, I will take my leave."